Patrick O’Keeffe Festival Takes Place In Castleisland This Weekend

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THE 30th Anniversary Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival begins in Castleisland tomorrow.

The festival will run over five days and will feature over 200 artists. The biggest names in traditional music will all be descending on Castleisland for a celebration of traditional music.

Sliabh Luachra maestros such as Jackie Daly, Matt Cranitch, Seamus Begley, Jimmy Doyle,  Aoife Ní Chaoimh, Paudie O’Coonor, Aidan Coffey, Bryan O’Leary, Andrea Palandri, Aidan Connolly Gerry Harrington, Donal Murphy Eoghan O’Sullivan, Peter Browne, Paul de Grae, Jimmy Doyle, Connie O’Connell and Eibhlin de Paor  will all be taking part.

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Frankie Gavin of De Dannan fame, Cathal Hayden and his band Four Men and a Dog, Tara Breen of The Chieftains. Oisin MacDiarmada and his band Téada will all be in town.

Thursday night is the nationally renowned ‘Session Trail’ will feature Ireland’s and Sliabh Luachra finest traditional musicians.

As well as the concerts there will numerous sessions, lectures, céilís, a pop-up Gaeltacht, a book launch and album launch and much, much more. For details of the dates and times for all events, go to the website https://patrickokeeffefestival.com/.

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